Improvement in fluid cans and measures



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PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. ALDRIOH, OF SYRAOUSE, NEW

HIS RIGHT TO WILLIAM H. BOND, OF SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT `IN FLUID CANS AND MEASURES.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 158,773, dated January 19, 1875; application led June 17, 1874.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. ALDRIGH, assigner to myself and WILLIAM H. BOND, of the city of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Fluid Tank and Measure; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference heilig had to the annexed drawings, which form part of this specification, in which- Figure 1- shows a plan view, and Fig. 2 shows a vertical section.

A is an ordinary tank or can, which may be made otany convenient size for use. I prefer to make the bottonnncave for greater strength, and to make ro in for the exit-pipe.

In the bottom of the talk A is located the measure B, which consists of a series of measuring-chambers, G O O, made perfectly tight, except openings o o o for the iluid to pass from the supply-tube S into the measuringchambers O O O, and exit-openings e e e for its passage back again into the supply-tube S below the pistonhead H. The measuring-chambers should each be made to hold a fixed quantity, which may be either a pint, quart, gallon, or other amount desired, and they each surround a supply-tube, S, or are connected therewith. The supply-tube S extends above the top of the highest measuring-chamber about' the length of the piston-head, so that the tluid may be drawn from all the chambers, if desired, at one time. The length of the pistoil-head should be about equal to the depthI of the measuring-chamber, so that when drawn up the iiuid Will pass out of the exit-opening e, and the piston-head will at the same time close the same opening in the measure next above, and will cut otl any further supply into the chamber being emptied. The supply-tube S passes through the vbottom of the tank A, and hasattached to it the exit-pipe P, with or Without a faucet, F. The bottom of each measuring-chamber should be made so that all the iiuid will readily rnn to the point of exit. The piston-head H is Worked by the hollow piston-rod R and the lever arrangement L. The rod R is made hollow or tubular to carry the air to the bottom of the piston-head, so that the piston-head is drawn up above the openin g E for exit. The ordinary atmospheric pressure will be applied, and the fluid run freely from the measuring-chamber. The pis` tonrod should be gaged to correspond with the measuring-chambers by notches a n a, or other ordinary device, so that the operator may draw one, two, three, or more measures, as desired; and to facilitate this arrangement, especially When used in the dark and Withouta light, (in case explosive iiuids are drawn,) the spring alarm-gage G is used, which will indicate by a click that the proper point has been reached for emptying each chamber, as desired.

The top of the tank A may be covered in any ordinary manner, and so arranged that the uid may be readily supplied and the inside inspected.

This arrangement prevents leakage and drip from the measuring-cans, and allows the sediment to settle in the bottom of the tank below the top of the supply-tube S.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The measuring-chambers C O O, when I combined with the supply-tube S and the piston-head H, substantially in the manner described.

2. The hollow piston-rod R, When used in combination With the piston-head H, and the measuring-chambers O O O, and the supplytube S, substantially in the manner set forth.

.GEORGE W. ALDRIOH.

Witnesses:

O. W. SMITH, F. D. GARDNER.

YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF 

